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  2. Commodities
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  4. Preliminary registrations, licences and certificates
  5. Register with Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS)
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Register as an exporter  (5) expand_more expand_less

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Summary of the procedure

Institutions involved 3 expand_more expand_less

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) (x 3)
1 3 5
Mobile Money Platform
2
Electronic Certification System: ECS
4

Results 2 expand_more expand_less

Export authorization letter
5
User credentials
5

Required Documents expand_more expand_less

Exporter registration form
1
Contract
1
AFA HCD export licence
1

Estimated cost KES  21,000

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KES 0 -
KES  58.4 per kilometer
For audit mileage.
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KES 1,000
For field audit for one hectare or less.
KES 0 -
KES  250 per hectare
For field audit for every additional hectare above one hectare.
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KES 5,000
For inspection of dry produce weighing less than 34 kilograms.
KES 0 -
KES  0.15 per kilogram
For inspection of dry produce for every additional kilogram above 34 kilograms.
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KES 15,000
For deposit of expected future phytosanitary certificates.

Total Duration 3d 1/2 - 15d  expand_more expand_less

  Min. Max.
Total time (sum): 3d 1/2 15d
of which:
Waiting time in queue (sum): 10mn 30mn
Attention at counter: 3h. 15mn 5h. 40mn
Waiting time until next step (sum): 3d 14d

Laws 7 expand_more expand_less

Agricultural, Fisheries and Food Authority Agricultural Food Authority Act (2013) First Schedule
  Section  4
Crops Act 2013 Crops Act (2013)
  Sections 6, 8, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 40
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Act CAP 325 Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service Act No. 54 of 2012
  Sections 3 (d), 5, 7 (2)
KEPHIS Notice KEPHIS Notice
Legal Notice 48 of 2009 - Plant Protection Rules Legal Notice 48 (The Plant Protection Fees & Charges) Rules (2009)
Exporter registration checklist Procedure for Registration as an Exporter of Agricultural Produce
The Agricultural Produce (Export) Act The Agricultural Produce (Export) Act 319
  Sections 3, 4
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